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(M'odeL) D, O. BALLARD.

TONGUE SUPPORT.

. No.283,188. Patented Aug. 14, 188 3.

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UNITED Y STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

DEVVITT CLINTON BALLARDQOF OENTREVILLE, MONTANA TERRITQRY,

TONGUE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,188, dated August 14, 1883. Application filed May 21, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, DEWITT CLINTON BAL- LARD, of Oentreville, inthe county of Meagher and Territory of Montana, have inventeda new and useful'Ilnprovement in Spring-Sup portersfor \Vagon-Tongnes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

I Figure I is a side elevation of a wagon to which my improvement has been applied, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is an under side view of the same.

The object of this invention is to relieve the Gthe. sand-board, H the reach, I the rear hounds, J the forward hounds, K the sway bar, and L thebody, of an ordinary wagon. M is thetongue, which is hinged to the forl I ward hounds, J, by a bolt, N, in the ordinary manner. O is a spring, the forward end of i which is connected with and slides upon the keeper 1, attached to the middle part of the tongue M. The rear part of the spring 0 is coiled around, and its ends are attached to a bar, Q, the ends of which are secured by bolts, I

clips, or other suitable means to the forward sion of the spring 0, and at the same time will .4 axle, D, as shown in the drawings. to the for- With this construct-ion the be free to move to adjust itself to the movements of the wagon in passing over uneven ground.

Having thus fully. described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, in avehicle, with the forward axle, D, and the tongue M, having the keeper]? on its under side, of the looped spring 0, with its forward end curved downward and adapted to slide on the keeper 1?, and having its rear ends each coiled around the bar Q of a bracket fastened to the axle, all arranged in a plane below the tongue, essentially as shown and described. i I

DEvVITT OLINTON' BALLARD.

\Vitnesses: v FRANK P. STERLING, TERRENCE ODONNELL. 

